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Thé Blanc Osmanthus - Shanghai Impérial from Destination

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Thé Blanc Osmanthus - Shanghai Impérial

White Tea by Destination

Ce thé prestigieux provient des grands théiers de la province du Yunnan. Mélange de bourgeons Ya Cha (aiguille d’argent) et de Baï Mu Dan associé à des fleurs d’osmanthus au parfum enivrant d’orchidées.
Thé d’excellence d’une réelle rareté, ce grand cru parfumé est également d’une extrême subtilité. L’infusion dégage une saveur exquise naturelle et fruitée. La liqueur est claire, délicate et limpide avec peu d’astringence.
Il ne contient que peu de théine et peut ainsi s’apprécier tout au long de la journée.
Un thé blanc parfumé d’une extrême finesse.

2g (une cuillère à café) par tasse
Eau à 75°
3 minutes par infusion

3 Tasting Notes

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cteresa 3 tasting notes

wow, this is very very french. Very very delicate and lightly flavoured, and I brew it wrong (tap water, maybe overdiluted and maybe too hot) but it´s very light and delicate in an exquisite way.

this is still one of the nicest bagged teas I have ever had. Just a note to be careful with steeping times with it!

This is indeed exquisite, and well worth taking extra care with brewing it just right – I would say mineral or filtered water is a must for this tea.

It might be the most bashful, diffident “oh, who me” flavoured tea I ever tasted – in a good way. The osmanthus is definitely there, by visual verification and scent before brewing, but it melds into just delicate tea-ness in the flavour. This is a wonderful very delicate tea. I was expecting something more like the standardish jasmine (green) tea, but it is nothing like any jasmine green tea I ever had.

I got to check about stocking another box of this, while the reseller has it on stock.

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